Girard C. Miller

Previously, Mr. Miller was the president of the Janus mutual funds and was Chief Operating Officer of Janus Capital Group, Inc., a global investment company with $170 billion of assets under management.
Prior to that, he was the president and chief executive officer of the ICMA Retirement Corporation for ten years after heading Fidelity Investments public funds group.
Mr. Miller's career began in the public sector.
After working for ten years in local governments in New Jersey and Michigan, he joined the professional staff of the Government Finance Officers Association in 1981.
He authored 12 publications for GFOA and founded its Public Investor newsletter for investment professionals.
Mr. Miller recently volunteered to help GFOA publish a new and updated 2008 edition of his Elected Officials Guide to Government Finance.
Mr. Miller received a Master's degree from Syracuse University, a Master's degree in economics from Wayne State University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Washington.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Mr. Miller was a voting member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
He also serves as a director of the Tegrit Financial Group, an innovative venture capital subsidiary of the Michigan Municipal Employees Retirement System.
He is known nationally as an authority on the investment of public funds.
His column, Girard Millers Public Benefits Beat, appears regularly in Governing magazine and its online management letter.